Workplace Death Traps: 9 Countries With the Worst Factory Conditions

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Philippines

Approximately 8,000 workers protested in the capital, Manila, a week following the Bangladesh garment factory collapse in May to call for regular jobs instead of contractual work and better pay. That same month, more than a dozen garment workers were burned to their death while locked in a garment store, which doubled as their dormitory.